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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "iki abass" <drik_ab1958@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:04:26 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP MY DEAR
From: Dr. Iki Abass
Chief Financial Director
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Lagos - Nigeria
Hello,
INVESTMENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
It is my warmest pleasure writing you this confidential
business offer irrespective of the fact that we have not
met or done anything that will re-impose absolute
confidence but nevertheless. I am very determined to
communicate you with much beleive that you will give my
proposal a consideration. As earlier stated I am Dr. Iki
Abass , a Financial Director working with Inec. My Agency
is in charge of conducting elections in my country Nigeria
and by the virtue of my unique position in office as the
Chief Financial Director. I was elevated by the commission
to become the chairman of foreign contract tender board
committee whose responsibility is to award and supervise
foreign contract to ensure it is executed promptly.
Consequently, I the chairman of the tender board committee
in collaboration with two other top committee members
over-invoiced certain contract for the supply of electoral
equipments needed for the forth-coming elections in April
2003. The initial cost of the contract was pegged at US$50
million, base on the feasibility that was done but while
submitting my report to the office of the presidency for
final approval, we deliberately inflated the cost to an
excess amount of US$ 30 million making the cost to be US$
80 million.
Right now, the gist of contacting you is we are having
difficulties to claim the extra fund which is US$30milliom
due to certain laws enacted by the government guiding civil
service code of conduct Bureau which prohibits top civil
servants working under Government establishment from
operating offshore or foreign Account and this situation
has kept us in a fix to openly come forward to claim the
outstanding balance mentioned,hence after series of private
meetings we decided to make contact in order to get a
reliable foreign partner whom we will forward his or her
credentials to claim the fund based on mutual trust and
agreement.
In a nutshell, we need your assistance and support to
claim this fund so that once the funds is claimed, we will
be using for investment at the later time convenient for
us, we will come over to your country after the funds must
have been transferred to meet you and collect our own
percentage while you will keep the rest as yours. For your
support and total dedication to realize the objectives of
this operation, you shall be entitled to 20% of the sum
total while 80% of the fund belongs to the three officials
involved in the deal.
Note, you are vividly assured that you will not be
subjected to any kind of risk for your support and
involvement in this venture because we havepiloted a good
strategy to ensure the operations goes smoothly of which we
have targeted two weeks duration to accomplished our Aim
and should you find interest in this confidential
transaction please let me have your response as quickly as
possible and indicate your phone number to call you for a
brief discussion.
Kindly treat this matter Absolutely confidential because
the officials involved are still in service and some of us
intend to resign our appointment immediately the
transaction is finalized. I look forward to hearing
positively from you while further details will be given as
soon as I get your response.
Best Regards,
Dr. Iki Abass.
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